Prayer and Pleading

Scripture The captain sent some Jewish Elders to Jesus begging Him to come and restore his servants health. And they, when they came to Jesus, they earnestly entreating Him, pleading. ~Luke 7:3-4, Weymouth Quote “I live in the spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk about, when I lie down and when I rise…

Stand On The Rock

Scripture Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,     which cannot be shaken but endures forever. ~Psalm 125:1, NIV Quote We are built upon the solid Rock, Jesus Christ; as people of faith, we shall not be moved. ~Warren W. Wiersbe Psalm 125 is very short, only five verses; and when I first…

Faith

Scripture Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour. ~Matthew 9:22, NKJV Quote “Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” ~Augustine We know that it is impossible to please God…

Fear God and Nothing Else

Scripture The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid? ~Psalm 27:1, NIV Quote To love God is to destroy all other fear. To love the world is to be afraid of everything. ~Elisebeth Elliot I don’t watch news. This…

Worry And Anxiety

Scripture Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? ~Matthew 6:26-27, NLT Quote The happiest people in the world are those who…

The Antidote to Fear

Scripture When I am afraid, I will trust in You. ~Psalm 56:3, CSB Quote Trust is God is the antidote to fear, because the reality of God is greater than the reality of the object that causes us to fear. ~John Goldingay My mother taught me Psalm 56:3 when I was a small boy. I think…

Standing On The Promise

Scripture “And I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.” ~Genesis 12:3, LSB Quote Subtract Jesus from the equation and you have nothing: add Him and you have everything. ~Ya’akov Genesis twelve is a record of…

Socratic Paradox

Scripture For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. ~1 Corinthians 13:12, LSB Quote “I know that I know nothing.” ~Plato I was laying in bed the other night thinking about…

Grace And Means

Scripture If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him! ~Luke 11:13, ESV Quote Everything is grace, but still it must be kept in mind that God is pleased to work by means. ~John…

Greater Works

Scripture “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in Me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father.” ~John 14:12, NLT Quote God made humans receptacles, and unless we learn to receive, the Christ life will be impossible for us. ~Calvin…